Carsie Blanton
Thoughtful, fun and inspiring (not to mention an amazing musician and songwriter) Carsie Blanton talks to us today about her family home and growing up Unschooled in rural Virginia.
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During This Conversation You Will Discover
We hear of her parents keen interest in letting Carsie being able to pursue her passions and how her home would always be full of inspiring adults attending her father’s retreat center. Looking back Carsie sees this as playing a large part in learning about the world and gaining curiosity and self confidence.
Carsie Blanton
New Orleans based singer-songwriter Carsie Blanton has always been a little unorthodox. Raised on a commune in rural Virginia, Carsie never went to high school but was "unschooled” at home, until she left for Oregon at the age of sixteen. She grew up listening to artists like Leonard Cohen and John Prine, and began taking piano lessons at age six. As Lilith Fair-era singer-songwriters like Sheryl Crow and Ani DiFranco emerged during her pre-teens, Carsie ditched the keys for a guitar and began writing songs. Before long, her voracious musical appetite led her to a lifelong love of jazz, Motown, and great songwriters from Irving Berlin to Tom Waits. Carsie's latest release, So Ferocious, is a playful indie-pop record for smart, ferocious libertines. Blanton
shows off her love for her adopted hometown of New Orleans with brass bands and barroom piano, but blends in electronic instrumentation and environmental soundscapes to create an album that is both raw and
playfully burlesque. - Listen to So Ferocious (2016), "sultry, lyric-driven indie-pop"
shows off her love for her adopted hometown of New Orleans with brass bands and barroom piano, but blends in electronic instrumentation and environmental soundscapes to create an album that is both raw and
playfully burlesque. - Listen to So Ferocious (2016), "sultry, lyric-driven indie-pop"
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